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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in online courses. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to understand these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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